CRIME & SAFETY
Paramus Catholic athlete dies from injuries sustained in crash that killed her parents
Khameryn Oliver, a 17-year-old student-athlete at Paramus Catholic High School, who had remained in a coma since the March 16 five-car accident in Kearny that killed her mother and father, died Wednesday night, her grandmother Karen Oliver said. Oliver sent a text to NorthJersey.com saying her granddaughter had succumbed to her injuries. "No...
N.J. man gets 2 life terms plus 50 years for repeated rape of 3 daughters
A 42-year-old Newark man was sentenced to consecutive life prison terms plus an additional 50 years after he was convicted of repeated sexual assaults on his three daughters over several years, the Essex County Prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Judge Carolyn Wright of the state Superior Court in Newark sentenced...
23-year-old dies after being found face down in water at Jersey Shore
An Essex County man was found floating face down in the water at a beach in Spring Lake Saturday, according to police. The 23-year-old victim, who was from Belleville, was found shortly after 2 p.m. at the St. Clair Avenue beachfront in Monmouth County, according to the Spring Lake Police Department.
Pedestrian fatally struck by NJ Transit train near South Orange Station
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a New Jersey Transit train Wednesday morning in South Orange, causing delays to multiple rail lines, NJ Transit said. At about 9:12 a.m. Wednesday the Morris and Essex Line train 6324 struck and fatally injured an adult pedestrian near the South Orange Station. There were no...
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